Q 01/05

Which mountain did Moses climb from the plains of Moab to see the promised land he would never enter?

A) Mount Sinai

B) Mount Hor

C) Mount Nebo

D) Mount Hermon

Answer · why

C) Mount Nebo

Mount Nebo rises about 700 metres in present-day Jordan, and from its top the LORD showed Moses the whole land from Gilead to the Negev before he died...

Q 02/05

How old was Moses when he died in Moab, 'yet his eyes were not weak', according to Deuteronomy 34?

A) 80

B) 100

C) 110

D) 120

Answer · why

D) 120

120 is also the age Moses states in Deuteronomy 31 when he tells Israel 'I am no longer able to lead you', even though the book insists his sight and ...

Q 03/05

What food does Deuteronomy 8 say God sent to teach Israel that 'man does not live on bread alone'?

A) Manna

B) Quail

C) Barley

D) Honey

Answer · why

A) Manna

Manna, 'which neither you nor your ancestors had known', was meant to humble Israel into dependence, and Jesus quoted the lesson back to the devil whe...

Q 04/05

Which word completes the Shema, the prayer that opens 'Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is ___'?

A) Holy

B) One

C) King

D) Good

Answer · why

B) One

One ends the creed that observant Jews recite every morning and evening and traditionally speak as their last words, and Jesus quoted it when a teache...

Q 05/05

What reason does Deuteronomy 5 give for keeping the Sabbath, where Exodus 20 points to the six days of creation?

A) Their years as slaves

B) The covenant at Sinai

C) The crossing of the sea

D) The gift of the land

Answer · why

A) Their years as slaves

Their years as slaves in Egypt are the motive: 'Remember that you were slaves in Egypt', so Deuteronomy's Sabbath is framed as rest owed to servants a...